page_title: South West Coaches
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: South West Coaches / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: N506HWY is an Alexander Strider bus with a Volvo B10B chassis. It is seen in service with South West Coaches at Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
context_page_description: South West Coaches is a privately owned bus company that operating services around Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire in South West England.
context_section_description: South West Coaches have little competition in their operating area although another independent operator Nippy Bus registered route N10 in competition with South West Coaches' route 81 and First Hampshire & Dorset compete on the Portland routes. In most villages South West Coaches are the sole bus operator and therefore many communities are heavily reliant on their services. The geographical area covered stretches from Minehead and Taunton in the west to Salisbury in the east and from Isle of Portland and Bournemouth in the south to Warminster and Frome in the north.
  It operates local town services in Yeovil under contract to Somerset County Council, ex Sureline routes in Dorchester, Weymouth and on the Isle of Portland. A large proportion of its work is coach trips as well as private hire and school contracts.
caption: Alexander Strider bodied Volvo B10B in Shepton Mallet in June 2011
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